Category: PKK

28 Kurdish DBP Municipalities Seized Kurdish Question Trustees have been appointed to Democratic Regions Party (DBP) municipalities in Diyarbakır’s (Amed) Sur and Silvan districts. Another 26 municipalities have also been seized. Speaking following a meeting with province governors earlier today, Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said, “The state has determined that they [Kurdish municipalities] are…

Editorial Comment: The following article raises many questions about the Turkish operation against the Syrian Kurds taking place on Syrian territory – impossible without the support and cooperation of Damascus, Iran, Russia. There is also an agreement with the Islamic State, determined to make the Kurds pay for the liberation of Manjib. The Turkish operation…

ANF The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) has stated that Jarablus was taken over by the Turkish state and FSA militants in agreement with Islamic State (IS/ISIS) and the target was not IS but the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The KCK Executive Council co-presidency stated that Turkey had implemented its goal of occupying Jarablus after the liberation of Manbij…

By Pepe Escobar Turkish soldiers on an armoured vehicle are seen in Karkamis on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern Gaziantep province, Turkey, August 25, 2016. Turkish President, a.k.a. Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan is about to make a high-profile visit to Tehran – the date has not yet been set – to essentially kick start…